Global Patent Index - EP 2716159 A4

EP 2716159 A4 20150318 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ROUNDED FORMING OF FOOD PRODUCTS

Title (en)

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ROUNDED FORMING OF FOOD PRODUCTS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR GERUNDETEN HERSTELLUNG VON NAHRUNGSMITTELN

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF POUR LA FORMATION ARRONDIE DE PRODUITS ALIMENTAIRES

Publication

EP 2716159 A4 20150318 (EN)

Application

EP 12792013 A 20120525

Priority

  • JP 2011124274 A 20110602
  • JP 2012063501 W 20120525

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2716159A1] The inventions provide a method and an apparatus for easily forming a food product into a circular shape that has a closed shape in a circular pattern or an opened shape in a C-shaped pattern. The method for forming a food product 3 into a circular shape, wherein both ends 3A and 3B of an elongated food product 3 are connected each other and closed, or into a C-shape, wherein both ends 3A and 3B of the elongated food product 3 face each other and opened, wherein the method comprising (a) a step for fixing one end 3A of the elongated food product 3 to a rotatable core member 43, (b) a step for pressing the food product 3 toward the core member 43 by moving the core member 43 close to and away from a pressing roller 29, when the food product 3 is formed into a circular shape by being wound around the core member 43 by rotating the core member 43, and (c) a step for separating the formed food product 7 and the core member 43 by releasing the food product 7 from the core member 43, after forming the food product 3 into a required shape by being wound around the core member 43.

IPC 8 full level

A21C 9/08 (2006.01); A21C 3/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A21C 9/088 (2013.01 - EP US); A21C 11/002 (2013.01 - US); A21D 8/02 (2013.01 - US); A21C 3/06 (2013.01 - EP US); A21C 9/085 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2716159 A1 20140409; EP 2716159 A4 20150318; EP 2716159 B1 20161019; ES 2603619 T3 20170228; JP 5925197 B2 20160525; JP WO2012165335 A1 20150223; US 2014186506 A1 20140703; US 9307772 B2 20160412; WO 2012165335 A1 20121206

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 12792013 A 20120525; ES 12792013 T 20120525; JP 2012063501 W 20120525; JP 2013518056 A 20120525; US 201214122755 A 20120525